SEPTEMBER 16 • 2021 | 3

contents

PURELY COMMENTARY 
4-9 
Essays and viewpoints.

OUR COMMUNITY 
10 
Remembering Our Local Heroes 
 
How grassroots efforts, secret trips and 
 
rallies paved the way for Soviet Jewish 
 
freedom.

14 
A Little Bit of Israel at 
 
Camp Tamarack 
 
Tamarack had 35 Israeli staff members 
 
this summer, the most ever. 

16 
Putting Out the Welcome Mat 
 
Ann Arbor Jewish agency prepares for 
 influx of hundreds of Afghan refugees.

18 
Rescue Flight 
 
Southfield pilot, son of Holocaust 
 
survivor, flies plane full of Afghan 
 
refugees to U.S.

20 
Remembering Durban 
 
A Jewish journalist looks back on the 
 
antisemitic hate fest.

22 
Making Amends 
 
Yom Kippur has parallels with 12-step 
 
programs.

22 
Interactive Sukkot Experience 
 
The Well’s Sukkot Sounds allows for 
 
in-person or virtual gatherings.

23 
A Living Genizah 
 
Eagle Scout project creates a first on the 
 
grounds of B’nai Moshe.

24 
Sparking the Conversation 
 
Two Michigan AEPi members spark 
 
conversation with hats for suicide 
 
awareness.

26 
Terrible Tweets 
 
Tech-savvy teen uses artificial 
 
intelligence to document antisemitic 
 
hate speech on Twitter.

26-28 Faces & Places

NATION 
29 
New Antisemitism Envoy 
 
Deborah Lipstadt, noted Holocaust 
 
historian, is Biden’s pick.

ERETZ 
30 
Meet Rochelle Zelcer: ‘This is 
 
the Place for Me’

MAZEL TOV! 
31 
Moments

SPIRIT 
31 
Torah portion

32 
The Leader’s Call to 
 
Responsibility

34 
Synagogue Directory

SPORTS 
36 
Team’s 25-Year Championship 
 Drought Ends 
 
Congregation Shaarey Zedek wins 4 
 
playoff games in one day, earns Koufax 
 
Division softball title.

37 
Quick Hits

23

36

40

Shabbat & Holiday Lights 
Yom Kippur begins: 
Wednesday, Sept. 15, 7:24 p.m.

Yom Kippur ends: 
Thursday, Sept. 16, 8:23 p.m.

Shabbat begins: 
Friday, Sept. 17, 7:20 p.m.

Shabbat ends: 
Saturday, Sept. 18, 8:19 p.m.

Sukkot Day 1 begins: 
Monday, Sept. 20, 7:15 p.m.

Sukkot Day 2 begins: 
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 8:14 p.m.

Holiday ends: 
Wednesday, Sept. 22, 8:12 p.m. 
*Times according to Yeshiva Beth Yehudah calendar.

ON THE COVER: 
Cover photo/credits: Clockwise: Refusenik 
Screenshot; ADL; Peter Turnley/Corbis/
VCG via Getty Images JTA; Wally McNamee/
CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images, JTA; Rick 
Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images via JTA; 
National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry.

Cover design: Michelle Sheridan

thejewishnews.com

Follow Us on Social Media: 
Facebook @DetroitJewishNews 
Twitter @JewishNewsDet 
Instagram @detroitjewishnews

Sept. 16-22, 2021 / 10-16 Tishri 5782 | VOLUME CLX, ISSUE 6

FOOD 
39 
From the Home Kitchen 
 
of Chef Aaron 
 
Adding a Filipino Touch

ARTS&LIFE 
40 
Let the Light Shine In 
 
Habatat Galleries celebrates 50 
 
years of showcasing glass art.

43 
Parting Was Such 
 
Sweet Sorrow 
 
For the second time, Birmingham 
 
Village Players presents 
 
Shakespeare in Love.

44 
Celebrity News

EVENTS 
45 
Community Calendar

ETC. 
The Exchange 46 
Obituaries 
48 
Looking Back 54 

